September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

About 1 of every 5 (17%) children in the United States has obesity, and certain groups of children are more affected than others. Childhood obesity puts America’s children at early risk for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease—conditions usually associated with adulthood. There is no single or simple solution to childhood obesity.  It is influenced by many different factors, including a lack of access to healthy, affordable food and drinks as well as limited opportunities for physical activity in the places where children live, learn, and play. Working together, states, communities, and parents can help make the healthy choice the easy choice for children and adolescents.

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month (NCOAM), and you can HELP toSPREAD the word:

• Follow @CDCObesity
• Become a fan of CDC’s Facebook page
• Share our posts throughout NCOAM with your fans, friends, and followers
• Tag your tweets #NCOAM to join the conversation
• Embed the NCOAM badge on your web site
• Send an e-card to your friends, family, neighbors and teachers

Learn more about what is being done across the country to fight childhood obesity.

More Information:

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• CDC’s Childhood Overweight and Obesity
• CDC Feature: National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• ChooseMyPlate.gov
• Let’s Move! Child Care
• Let’s Move! Salad Bars to School
• The more they burn, the better they learn
• The “Weight of the Nation for Kids”